I hope Quigg’s American Dream isn’t a nightmare

HATS off to Scott Quigg for taking himself to the US at this stage of his career.

It is not easy to relocate 3,000 miles from home and go through the hardships and sacrifices required to be ready for a world-title shot.

After a year working out of the Wild Card gym in Hollywood, under the tutelage of Freddie Roach, Quigg has earned his opportunity against WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez in the early hours of tomorrow.

That he is fighting on his opponent’s turf at the Stubhub Centre in

Carson, the home of the

LA Galaxy football team, has not made the job any easier.

At this stage of the game, after 37 pro fights, 29-year-old Quigg is not going to change that much. It’s about details.

This is his third fight under Roach and, to be frank, I don’t know that he has shown me much I had not seen before. I have long admired Quigg’s commitment and dedication. He is super-fit, brave, and has a good chin but, in his last fight, against Oleg Yefimovych, got hit too much.

He cannot afford that against Valdez, who is unbeaten with 19 of his 23 wins coming by stoppage. Quigg is not hard to find, doubly so in this fight, because he has to be committed to have a chance.

He tells us to expect fireworks. And I agree it will be exciting in the opening rounds, but let’s see how he copes with being hit by this kid.

Genesis Servania had him over in his last defence, so there is hope, but Valdez returned the compliment and ran out a wide points winner.

Quigg can dig. I think he will have some success early on but, ultimately, I believe Valdez has too much for him and might even win by late stoppage.

Also in action across the pond is pound-for-pound contender Mikey Garcia (inset), who steps up to super lightweight to challenge Sergey Lipinets, for the IBF title.

This is all part of the grand design to become one of the all-time great multi-division world champions.